Our Team
Danielle Tape
Director - Principal Physiotherapist
APA-titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
Danielle has a wide range of experience in musculoskeletal injuries in the sports setting. Since obtaining a master's degree in sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy in 2009, she has worked with athletes in a range of settings. These have included the Australian Softball Development Squad camps, the Hong Kong national men’s and women’s cricket teams, the Hong Kong touch rugby national team, the Hong Kong Junior International Tennis Federation tours (as onsite physiotherapist), and the large-scale circus production The House of Dancing Water in Macau (as in-house physiotherapist). Danielle has worked in SANFLW with the North Adelaide Football Club and Sturt Football Club and is currently working in the AFLW with the Port Adelaide Football Club. She also provides physiotherapy services to the AusCycling Australian BMX team, travelling with them recently for the World Cup in Turkey.
Danielle has a passion for sports rehabilitation and injury prevention. Danielle believes in active recovery and is dedicated to seeing results in her clients and assisting them to achieve their goals.
Danielle uses a
range of treatment techniques to get the best out of her clients, including hands-on therapy, dry needling, cupping and exercise prescription.
Dr Mary Magarey
Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
Dr Mary Magarey is a specialist physiotherapist in both musculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports & exercise physiotherapy.
‘A Specialist Physiotherapist, as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, has completed additional training in a field of physiotherapy and has attained the highest level of skill, clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to provide expert care.’ (Australian College of Physiotherapists, 2022).
Mary is the only physiotherapist in the country to hold Fellowships across two disciplines.
Mary has a PhD in shoulder diagnosis, undertaken in conjunction with two of Adelaide’s leading orthopaedic surgeons, and has been assessing and managing people with shoulder-related problems since the mid-1980s.
She also has extensive experience working with junior national-level athletes, having travelled to 3 Junior World Softball Championships as team physiotherapist and been the managing physiotherapist at the Australian Softball Federation Youth International Friendship Series for 15 years.
In her academic role through UniSA, she developed and ran the sports components of the Master of Musculoskeletal & Sports Physiotherapy programme for 25 years and taught on the musculoskeletal component of the programme for more than 40 years.
Mary’s areas of expertise focus on:
- The shoulder complex – shoulder, neck, thoracic spine and arm. Anyone with a problem in this area, whether sports-related, related to general wear and tear or anything else, Mary can offer advice and management.
- The adolescent athlete – Mary loves to help junior athletes who are passionate about their sport reach their potential by helping them to optimise their movement patterns and coordination.
Mary is a highly experienced, enthusiastic physiotherapist who loves a challenge and is available for specialist consultations. Mary is happy to see anyone with a challenging musculoskeletal problem, particularly of the shoulder, but also loves helping people with other conditions, both acute sporting and longer-term conditions.
Mary is often told she is ‘passionate about her patients’. She takes a lot of time and care with very detailed assessments and recommendations for management.
James Mack
Senior Physiotherapist
APA-titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist
James is an experienced sports physiotherapist who recently completed his master's degree in Advanced Clinical Sports Physiotherapy (Sports).
In the clinic, James is passionate about physio with a strong belief in taking a thorough assessment to gain a detailed understanding of your presentation. He uses a combination of manual therapy, dry needling and an individualised exercise programme to get you feeling and performing at your best. He has a special interest in all hip and pelvis conditions.
He is passionate about working with golfers of all abilities and has gained level 2 certification in the Titleist Performance Institute’s (TPI) golf-specific medical courses. He has applied this knowledge, providing physio services at the Webex Players Series PGA Tour of Australasia event in Willunga last year. He also conducts golf-specific injury and performance assessments in the clinic. James also has a love for Aussie rules and is currently working with the Sturt SANFLW team.
Outside of the clinic, James also works for the University of South Australia, where he works as a clinical educator for the physiotherapy students in the undergraduate programme, as well as providing guest lecturing services for the master's programme.
Jacqueline Wingate
Physiotherapist
As a physiotherapist, Jackie has built strong relationships within NPL soccer, Basketball SA and Hockey SA, travelling with their state teams to national tournaments as part of their high-performance support teams. She currently works as the physio for the Blackwood Football Club’s Women’s team and the Adelaide Fire Men’s team in the Hockey One league.
Jackie is trained in both clinical and matwork Pilates, incorporating these principles into tailored injury prevention and rehabilitation programmes. She has a particular interest in lower limb injuries and offers comprehensive pre-pointe assessments to help ballet dancers transition safely and confidently to pointe shoes.
Currently undertaking a Master of Sports Physiotherapy through the University of Queensland, Jackie is on track to become an APA-titled sports and exercise physiotherapist by the end of 2026.
Speak with our physiotherapists by calling The Athlete Lab on (08) 8246 3189.
